Marie, the dawn is breaking; Marie, you'll soon be waking To find your heart is ach-ing, And tears will fall as you recall The moon in all its splendor, A kiss so very tender, The words, "Will you sur - ren - der To me, Marie?" (instrumental interlude - first line of verse) Marie, you'll soon be waking To find your heart is ach-ing, And tears will fall as you recall The moon in all its splendor, A kiss so very tender, The words, "Will you sur - ren - der To me, Marie?" *Prior to The Bachelors' version, this song had been a number 1 hit for Tommy Dorsey in 1937 -- a version which returned as #16 in 1938. It had first charted in 1929 by Rudy Vallee (#2), Nat Shilkret (#9) and Franklyn Bauer (#15). The Four Tunes also reached #13 with their version in 1953. The lyric and guitar chord transcriptions on this site are the work of The Guitarguy and are intended for private study, research, or educational purposes only. Individual transcriptions are inspired by and and based upon the recorded versions cited, but are not necessarily exact replications of those recorded versions.
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